TALK ABOUT AT’S NEXTORTHANKS >>JENNIFER READY: KING CHARLES, THE 3RD HAS
OFFICIALLY BEEN ANNOUNCED AS
BRITAIN’S MONARCH IN A
CEREMONY STEEPED IN ANCIENT
TRADITION. SENIOR POLITICIANS
AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GATHERED AT SAINT JAMES PALACE
IN LONDON FOR TODAY’S
ACCESSION CEREMONY. IT’S THE
FIRST TIME THE CEREMONY SPEND
HELD SINCE 1952. THAT’S WHEN
QUEEN ELIZABETH TOOK THE
THRONE. CHARLES AUTOMATICALLY
BECAME KING WHEN ELIZABETH
DIED ON THURSDAY. DEAN NICK
ALLARD, THE DEAN OF
JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY’S
COLLEGE OF LAW IS JOINING US
NOW TO TALK ABOUT THIS INDIAN
ALLARD. YOU JUST RETURNED FROM
LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE. CAN YOU
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT AND WHAT YOUR CONNECTION
IS TO THAT COUNTRY?
>> WELL, FOR YEARS BECAUSE I
STUDIED AND WORKED OVER THERE
AND HAVE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE TOP ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS. I WAS JUST THERE
THIS WEEK JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO FOR 2 QUICK DAYS. WE
HAD MEETINGS WHERE WE ARE
EXPLORING COLLABORATION. YS
FOR THE PEOPLE OF JACKSONVILLE
AND JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY
WITH OXFORD UNIVERSITY,
CAMBRIDGE AND THE RHODES
SCHOLARSHIP TRUST. AND SO ON.
TELL YOU, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO
HAVE THIS NEWS WHEN WE CAME
BACK.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES
YOU THINK ABOUT THE PASSING OF
PRINCESS DIANA AND THE
OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND SUPPORT
IN JUST IT WAS SO DIFFICULT.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
BECAUSE SHE WAS 96 YEARS OLD.
BUT THIS IS THE END OF A
MAGNIFICENT ERA.
>> YOU DESCRIBE THAT. WELL,
SHE’S BEEN IN CHARGE AS THE
QUEEN.
>> FOR AS LONG AS ALL OF US
HAVE BEEN ALIVE AND SO IT’S
REALLY REMARKABLE. AND,
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S NEVER A MUCH
OF A SURPRISE WITH A 96
YEAR-OLD PASSES. BUT STILL THE
IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE JUST
SEEN HER THE DAY OR 2 DAYS
BEFORE WELCOME THE NEW PRIME
MINISTER AND SHE LOOKED ACTIVE
AND FIT.
>> YOU KNOW, IS SHE WAS VERY
WELL KNOWN FOR HER STOICISM
DID NOT GET INVOLVED IN
POLITICS AT ALL AS THE
MONARCHY IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
WRITE, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT
PRINCE CHARLES NOW KING
CHARLES, THE 3RD DOES HAVE
SOME ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA IN
TERMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND
THINGS LIKE THAT. WILL WE SEE
A DIFFERENCE? DO YOU THINK
WILL BE SEE SOME POLITICS
CREEPING IN WITH THIS NEW
RAIN?
>> WELL, THE QUEEN, FIRST OF
ALL, A TRIBUTE TO HER. SHE WAS
INCREDIBLY INFLUENTIAL. AND
HAD AN IMPACT. AND OFTEN SHE
WAS A REMARKABLE WOMAN
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE TIME
SHE STARTED. THERE WERE NO MEN
PRESENT AT HER PRODUCT AT HER.
PROCLAMATION CEREMONY FOR
YEARS AGO. WOMEN PRESIDENT
ABOUT IT. YEAH. SHE WOULD
DESPITE LIMITATIONS ON WOMEN.
OTHER CHALLENGES. PERSONAL
TRAGEDIES MANAGER HAVE AN
IMPACT POLITICALLY TOO,
BECAUSE OF THE MONTH. BUT
BEHIND THE SCENES AND QUIETLY,
SOMETIMES SHE WAS MOST
INFLUENTIAL AND THE LOUDEST
WHEN SHE WAS AT HER QUIETEST.
NOW, HER PRINCE CHARLES, HAS
BEEN THE LONGEST UNDERSTUDY IN
ANY OF OUR READY FOR THE JOB
AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE. AND
ALREADY IT’S VERY INTERESTING
THAT HE SEEMS TO FILLED OUT
AND STEPPED UP ALMOST LIKE,
YOU KNOW, PRINCE HARRY IN WHO
BECAME HE WAS A RASCAL AND OUR
WASTE ROLE. AS A YOUNG MAN. HE
BECAME A GREAT KING. SO WE’LL
SE, BUT HE DOES HAVE POSITIONS
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE AND
HE MAY NOT BE SHYING AWAY, BUT
HE’S ANNOUNCED ALREADY THAT
HE’S NOT GOING TO BE
POLITICAL. AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT’S FOR THE ELECTED PEOPLE.
BOTTOM LINE. ENGLAND IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY. WITH
THE MONARCHY. AND THAT IS A
PARADOX IN A BIT OF A MYSTERY.
BUT IT SEEMS TO WORK.
>> AND HE’S 73 YEARS OLD.
>> GO WITH THAT. PRINCE
WILLIAM NOW IS GOT TO
SERIOUSLY BE THINKING ABOUT
HOW HE MIGHT FILL.
>> HIS FATHER SHOES?
>> WELL, FIRST, I BELIEVE THE
PRINCE WILLIAM WILL UNDERSTAND
THAT HIS FAMILY HAS GOOD GENES
AND THEY TEND TO LIVE FOR A
WHILE. SO HE MAY IT SHOULDN’T
BE COUNTING HIS CHICKENS
BEFORE THEY COME HOME TO
ROOST. BUT HE SEEMS TO BE
WORKING. AND HE’S ALSO BEEN
PREPARING HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR
SERVICE, AS AS HIS CAGE. SO HE
IS WORKING ACTUALLY VERY
COLLABORATIVELY WITH HIS
FATHER, A KING CHARLES, THE
3RD AND AGAIN, CHARLES SEEMS
TO BE ALMOST DEAF DIFFERENT
MAN. THEN HE WAS, YOU KNOW, AS
A YOUNG MAN, HE HAD A BIT OF A
REPUTATION AS A PLAYBOY. HE
SAID OTHER AND HE’S BEEN UP
AND DOWN. BUT RIGHT NOW HE
SEEMS TO BE STEPPING UP HIS
GAME TO SO FASCINATING TO
WATCH. IT IS WELL, IT FOR
AMERICANS. IT’S YEAH. DEAN